Gate.



Patented luly 24, |900. W. R. WHITE.

No. 654,2lo.

GATE.

(Application led Aug. 24, 1899.)

2 Sheets-Sheet 1 (No Model.)

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GATE, (Applicatioh led. Aug. 24, 1 899.)

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(No Model.)

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VILLIAM RICHARD 'WHITE OF BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters IPatent No. 654,210, dated July24, 1900.

Application filed August 24. 1899| To all whom zit' may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM RICHARD WHITE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Bloomington, in the county of McLean and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inswinging gates, and particularly to the connections between the opposingends of the operating-levers employed to open and close the gate; and itconsists, substantially, in such features of construction, arrangement,and combination of parts as will hereinafter be more particularlydescribed.

The invention is fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure l represents a view in perspective of a swinging gatehaving my improvements embodied in connection therewith. Fig. 2 is aside view, partly in section, of portions of the operating-levers,showin g one form of my improved connecting devices. Figs. 3 and I aresimilar views showing other forms of connecting devices in which theprinciple of my invention is embodied.

In the drawings, l indicates the gate, which may loe of any ordinaryconstruction; 2, the post, upon which the gate is supported by means ofsuitable hinges 3 3; and 4, the post on the opposite side of thegateopening against which the gate closes.

5 is a post in alinement with post 2 on the same side of the roadway,and 6 is a post set adjacent to post 5 and against which the gate may becarried. Posts 5 and 2 are preferably connected at their upper ends by across-bar 8.

The operating-levers are designated by 9 and l0, the former beingpivoted between its ends on the post 5 and the latter on a block or barll, extending diagonally from the post 2 and secured thereto and to thecross-bar 8. The levers are so formed and pivoted that their inner oradjacent ends normally tend to swing downwardly.

The gate in the present instance is shown as provided with alongitudinally-sliding latch-bar 12, provided at its forward end with arectangular loop 13 for engaging keepers 14: on posts 4: and 6. The barl2 is actuated by Serial No. 728,350. (No model.)

a combined rocking and oscillating lever 22, suitably supported on thegate and connected by a link 30 to the lever l0.

The foregoing construction forms no part of the present invention and isvery similar to the constructions set forth in some of the patentsheretofore granted to me.

Referring now to Fig. 2, it will be seen that the inner end of the leverl0 is provided with alongitudinally-extendinghole 35,which may be boredwith an auger or otherwise formed. In this hole a rod 36 is looselyfitted to slide longitudinally therein. rIhe inner end ofthe lever 9 isvertically slotted, as shown at 37, and the rod 36 projects into thisslot and is formed with an eye 38, and a pin 39, secured in the lever 9,extends through the eye and forms a pivot upon which the rod may swingvertically. By this means the levers are so connected that they mayswing freelyon their pivots and the movement of one lever will impart alike movement to the other lever with a minimum of lost movement. Theconnection also tends to prevent lateral movement of the levers, and theguides which are usually employed to prevent lateral movement of thelevers in this class of gates may be dispensed with. It is of courseobvious that the hole 35 may be enlarged and a metal tube of sufficientinternal diameter to receive the rod 36 be fitted therein.

In Fig. 3 the construction is similar except that the end of the rod 36is forked, as indicated at 40, and straddles the lever, the pivotpin 39passing through both prongs and the lever, and the slot in the latter isomitted.

In Fig. e is shown a construction which effects the same results. Herethe rod 36 is pivotally connected to the lever 9 in the same manner asin Fig. 2; but in the end of lever 10 two eyebolts 42 42 are secured inposition with their eyes in alinement, and the rod 36 slides in theseeyes. One way to insert the eyebolts 42 is to out transverse openingslin the lever of a size sufficient to permit the passage of the enlargedor eye portion of the bolts from one side of the lever. Such openingsmay be of a uniform size entirely through the lever or they may bereduced in size on one side ofthe lever beyond where the eye portionrests to receive the bolt beyond the eye portion on that side. When thenuts are 4tightened up the eyebolts will be securely held in eithercase.

It is obvious that the invention may be embodied in many other forms,and hence I do not limit myself in its embodiment to the constructionsillustrated.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1. The combination of twogate-operating- Io levers, and a rod pivotally attached t0 one lever andmounted on the other so as to slide longitudinally thereon.

2. The combination of ltwo gate-operating WILLIAM RICHARD WHITE.

Witnesses:

HENRY G. BINNs, HEMAN D. ECKERT.

